la okra (noun) labari, labaro [baru,
kabaru](H): news, information, story, history
(noun; 13)
labari si: [baru si] (H): suddenly, without warning
(adverb; 18p)
labtanda one variety of squash [genus
Cucurbita] (noun; 8p)
laabu, laabo [ganda] {labu, labo} land, country,
area; soil, earth, mud, banco (noun;
5p)
lakkal intelligence, wisdom [see da lakkal] (noun; 18);
lakkal ga according to intelligence, wisdom (adverb;> 18p)
laala to be evil (verb;17)
laala, laala evil, badness (noun; 17p)
laala, laalo bad, evil, fallen (adjective; 17p)
laalandi {laalendi} to make bad, to make
evil (verb)
laali to curse, to put a curse on (verb; 17p)
lamba to touch, to lay one's hand (upon);
to be next; to hide, to lurk (in darkness), to
conceal or camouflage oneself (verb; 26p);
number, numeral; image, sign, marker (noun);
examples:
ni ma lamba ay koŋŋey gaa ~ stay here next to
my maidens
ma si lamba i gaa ~ do not touch them
lemu, lemo lime; orange [fruit of Citrus
aurantifolia,
F = "limon"] (noun; 8p)
lemu beri, lemu bero orange [fruit of
Citrus sinensis; literally big "limon"] (noun; 8p)
lemu kayniyo, lemu kayna lemon [fruit of
Citrus limon; literally small ‘limon’] (noun; 8p)
lettr, lettro (F): letter (noun)
litre, litro (F): litre (noun; 13)
lokol school (noun; 7)
lokolize, lokolizo pupil, student,
apprentice (noun; 6)
lokotoro, lokotora (male) nurse; doctor (noun; 19p)
lokotoro beri; doctor, physician (noun)
lokotoro kwaara: (outpatients') clinic,
health centre (noun)
lokotoro kwaara gaayan: hospitalisation
(noun)
lokotoro kwaara moto: ambulance (noun)
lokotorotaray medicine, medical science
(noun)
londi, londo bone marrow; by extension:
brain (noun; 10, 20p)
boŋlondi, boŋlondo brain (noun)
lordi (F): to
order, to command [high tone] [corrupted French from
l'ordre] (verb; 10p);
lordi, lordo commandment, order [tone from high
to low]
(noun; 10p)
loulou freshwater snail [animal] (noun; 5
list)
luttu to be stopped up, to be stuffed up -
a nina ga luttu: his nose is stuffed up; to be deaf [low tone]
(verb; 16p);
luttu, lutto deaf person [not necessarily mute] [low
tone]
(noun; 16p)
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